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Chachapoyas

800 – 1470
Native nationSouth America

The 'Warriors of the Clouds' who raised the colossal walled citadel of Kuélap and round stone houses on the misty eastern Andean slopes above the Amazon.

Conquered after fierce resistance by the Inca in the 1470s; depopulated by epidemics after the Spanish arrival.

Borders in 1101 · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Chachapoyas — the shape you scrub through changes in 800 · 1101.

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